Today we had spelling tests and I went jogging again.

JET interview commences; glad to see Mariko Watanabe there; all three panelists very sociable, and the interview is more conversational that I'd expected; answer a barrage of questions; leave feeling confident about how things went.

Meet Dana, who reminds me of Claire; bump into Andy while out running; waking up feeling great these days, but then my "social" personality takes over and the polarity is reversed — often by women at school.

Patti comes out to L.A. for several weeks; meets Joe at the jobsite; she's worried about my wanting a beer every day after work; have cookout for O'Neil at the house; play darts with Brian and Todd.

Grant brings his Mustang over but it won't start again; drive around all night, completely bored; run into Don Eaton; call Papes' but Chad is not there; get scared at Galaxy World; Gina Salemi is our waitress at Wags; going away to school looking better all the time.

We had the mini tramp in gym and drew a valentines picture.

Wake up at 4 to cram for interview; make it to the Radisson Miyako with one minute to spare; other applicants equally nervous, but I find out the interview won't last more than 20 minutes; felt like I was waiting outside the room forever; tried to focus on breathing and keeping my cool.

Write Plato questions; do these kids ever stop playing basketball?; some guy wearing a silver lamé suit (with wings!) is being filmed on the roof behind us; go running; girls dancing topless on the beach to drums; I love this town!

Heat wave descends upon L.A.; while on the scooter, it feels like someone is holding a hair-dryer to my face; drop Vespa at Kentucky Fried Chicken drive-thru; wake up splayed out on the floor; Cherie gives me money to buy a helmet.

Since we were up so late I missed Math and French, so I took the time before Psychology to exercise. Nothing much else happened.